. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . „i Jlioto by c. A. iMuzyaycnt, :iinyriui. HOOPOE FLYING. This pliotonraph displays llie crest fully elevaled, and likewise sluiws tlie beautifully handed colourationof the under surface of the wing, as well as tin- position of the wings in flight. ROLLERS, KINGFISHERS, HORNBILLS, AND HOOPOES 107 uitli a series of corrugations along the ridge of the base of the bill, gradually increasing, toform, in the most extreme cases, huge superstructures of quaint shapes, and apparently ofgreat soliditw As a matter of fact, howev
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . „i Jlioto by c. A. iMuzyaycnt, :iinyriui. HOOPOE FLYING. This pliotonraph displays llie crest fully elevaled, and likewise sluiws tlie beautifully handed colourationof the under surface of the wing, as well as tin- position of the wings in flight. ROLLERS, KINGFISHERS, HORNBILLS, AND HOOPOES 107 uitli a series of corrugations along the ridge of the base of the bill, gradually increasing, toform, in the most extreme cases, huge superstructures of quaint shapes, and apparently ofgreat soliditw As a matter of fact, however, these casques are practically hollow, save in thecase of the Helmet-HORXHILL of the Malay countries, in which the horny sheath is backed bysolid su])ports of bone, whilst the front of the sheath itself is of great thickness and surprisingdensity, and is used by the natives for carving and making brooches and other use of this powerful hammer — for such it mav possibly be — is unknown. Hornbills are forest-birds, feeding u[)on fruit and insects, the
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